What is your biggest myth in fly fishing?
I'll start off.....
"The fish don't care".
It has been said so many times and is so illogical...OK so someone some time caught a fish on a bare hook....it is a cop out statement.
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What is your biggest myth in fly fishing?
I'll start off.....
"The fish don't care".
It has been said so many times and is so illogical...OK so someone some time caught a fish on a bare hook....it is a cop out statement.
There is a mystery to fly casting that only few have solved.
Mark
You need big flies for big fish. Cought a 20" Brown ona size 20 fly.
"The fish didn't want anything but a <insert pattern here>"
Translation: After thrashing the water all day with no results, I finally managed 1 or 2 fish with this pattern.
or
"You need 7X, minimum, just to be in the game."
Translation: I can't drift properly, and the lightest tippet I had was 6X.
"I'm a good caster and can put it in a bucket at 80ft...."
I hear that all the time, mostly just before a major blown opportunity at 1/2 that distance
"You have to have the perfect rod and line taper to land dry flies correctly". One of my best days of fly fishing came after I:
1) broke the whole tip section of a 5-piece rod off.
2) proceeded to take off about 18" of tippet with it.
3) Tied on a dry fly and caught the most fish I ever had on dries.
:)
For me it's a lot of the "you HAVE to do it this way" thinking that some fly fishermen have.
"You have to be a good caster to catch fish."
and
"The fly must look like what the fish are feeding on at the moment."
You just need to get out, put some flies in front of fish, and they will tell you what they will or will not eat that day.
The whole business about a falling or rising barometer.
Fish don't care about air pressure, they're in the water.
Changes in weather and light level affect them but the actual rise and fall of the barometer means nothing.
Not washing dirty vets, hats, etc have "karma" and you catch more fish!
All you do is smell like spoiled fish!
A properly tied Catskill style fly will float upright on the tips of its hackles supported by the ends of its tail with the hook riding above the water.
Not in this universe.
"I consistently cast over 100 feet with my new 2 handed rod."
I often hear this even from accomplished casters. Fact is a 100 foot long cast isn't all that easy and most can't do them regularly if at all. Even 2 handed casters who can cast well.
"You should have been here yesterday!"
If I could have, I would have so don't rub it in!
All the best.
Mike
"Flyfishing is more expensive than other types of fishing."
Sure, it can be, but it certainly doesn't have to be.
Here's another one I always questioned. "You need at least 200 yards of backing on a steelhead reel." Why? I have never had a steelhead take anywhere near 100 yards of backing let alone 2. And if a steelhead did take out over 100 yards of backing in a river you have likely lost it.
From an employee at a local store that carries some fly gear, " It will take 2 years to become a good enough caster to think about catching a fish".
you need a $200 reel with an aerospace composite stop-a-freight-train drag system on your 5 weight to catch 12" stocked trout... unless you spring for the $600 Hardy reel which just has a click-pawl... then no drag at all is just fine. Better, even.
What a load of sh**
That one's laugh out loud funny :lol:
Those old style flies don't work here.
- Jeff
I think I read this one already but, here it is anyway. You have to be good at FF to catch fish. I had only been FF for maybe a couple months, couldn't cast worth a crap, I had a Phillipson Master glass and a SA System 1 reel with, I'm not even sure I even had the right line on it, store bought leader with no tippet and a Jassid fly I tried to tie myself with imitation JC in still waters with the line slapping and pooling up. but, on the occasion I got some kind of a resemblence of a decent cast and caught the most fish in my life, like 26 trout. By the time I left the fly was totally destroyed and had to go. Just goes to show. If you hit a rise at the right time, the fish really don't care. IMO
John Scott gave up being a trout bum and got a real job.....
Just because he don't like us anymore doesn't mean we can't still poke fun at him..
This is exactly why it took me 15 years to return to fly fishing. I was 25 and wanted to try my hand at FF, I bought a cheap rod and reel and went to a sporting goods store to get some flies, line and leader (no mention of tippet then). The first thing the sales guy said to me was exactly that quote. I tried, without success, for a few weeks. I didn't know of anyone to help me learn this great sport and it was a miserable experience. I just started again a few months back and got in with a great FF club on my local river and have had a wonderful time learning all of the cool techniques and nifty tricks to make this a great learning experience. I started dressing my own flies and have been having a marvelous time. Thanks to all of the folks here (whether you knew it or not) that helped me get back into FF and tying.
Dave
WCCNovice (BTW that stands for White Clay Creek.... )
NewTyer 1,
The last sentence in your post has unequivocally violated the very first post of this thread - now you've made ducksterman mad! LOL!!!
Nothing to add here, other than I like to start these myths just to see who buys into them. Btw - any drag whatsoever on the fly will scare the fish - unless your officially skating your fly - then it's cool.
Best regards, Dave S.
That a "muddler minnow" will catch fish......
That I know what I'm doing.;)
"Lets go downstream/upsrteam a 1/2 mile"! "I caught a bunch there last month!":wink:
A fishing buddy says, "Hey, I know a really good spot that nobody else knows about."
He then takes you down a path that is a two feet wide and six inches deep made by all the other people that have been there before you.
itIt's my story and I'm sticking with, sorry Ducksterman.
You should learn to tie your own flies. It will save you a lot of money. 8T :)
Our new rubber soled wading shoes are as good as felt.
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(I might add: as long as you don't get them wet.)
Yosemite park will be closed on opening day.....:(:(:(
Smallmouth bass like colder water than large mouth bass. I've read that all my life.
Here in SC, we have a few rivers with SM and they bite best in July and August when the LM shut down because the water is too warm. This is not a couple of trips observation but more like 20+. The water temp is above 80F in July on my favorite float. We catch SM at 2pm and it's 100F air temp in the shade and they hit top water poppers. Go figure!
"You can float fish that section of the Hooche in about 4 hours."
I have spent several 8 - 10 hour days on 4 hour floats and wasn't slowed down because the fishing was so good. I will have to admit I have previously referred to that as the biggest lie not a myth.
Eight Thumbs,
Yeah, I forgot about the tie your own and save money spiel! But I'm optimistic that I will live to be five hundred years old, so I should break even in the end. Right? Right? RIGHT??
Best regards, Dave S.